Script Steps Reference
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About script steps
- Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
- Control script steps
- Perform Script
- Pause/Resume Script
- Exit Script
- Halt Script
- If
- Else If
- Else
- End If
- Loop
- Exit Loop If
- End Loop
- Allow User Abort
- Set Error Capture
- Set Variable
- Install OnTimer Script
- Navigation script steps
- Go to Layout
- Go to Record/Request/Page
- Go to Related Record
- Go to Portal Row
- Go to Object
- Go to Field
- Go to Next Field
- Go to Previous Field
- Enter Browse Mode
- Enter Find Mode
- Enter Preview Mode
- Editing script steps
- Fields script steps
- Set Field
- Set Field By Name
- Set Next Serial Value
- Insert Text
- Insert Calculated Result
- Insert From Index
- Insert From Last Visited
- Insert Current Date
- Insert Current Time
- Insert Current User Name
- Insert Picture
- Insert QuickTime
- Insert Object (Windows)
- Insert File
- Update Link (Windows)
- Replace Field Contents
- Relookup Field Contents
- Export Field Contents
- Records script steps
- New Record/Request
- Duplicate Record/Request
- Delete Record/Request
- Delete Portal Row
- Delete All Records
- Open Record/Request
- Revert Record/Request
- Commit Records/Requests
- Copy Record/Request
- Copy All Records/Requests
- Import Records
- Export Records
- Save Records As Excel
- Save Records As PDF
- Save Records As Snapshot Link
- Found Sets script steps
- Windows script steps
- Files script steps
- Accounts script steps
- Spelling script steps
- Open Menu Item script steps
- Miscellaneous script steps
FILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 24
Examples
Go to Record/Request/Page[First]
Loop
Set Field [Table1::Salary; Table1::Salary * 1.1]
Go to Record/Request/Page[Exit after last; Next]
End Loop
Related topics
Loop script step
Exit Loop If script step
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Allow User Abort
Purpose
Allows users to stop a script if set to On (default), or prevents users from stopping a script if set to
Off.
Format
Allow User Abort [<on or off>]
Options
• On to allow users to stop a script by pressing Esc or Command-.(period) (Mac OS).
• Off to prevent users from stopping a script by pressing Esc or Command-.(period) (Mac
OS).
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
By default, Allow User Abort is turned on for an entire script. In other words, users can stop a script
by pressing Esc or Command-.(period) (Mac OS). To prevent users from stopping a script, use the
Allow User Abort script step and set it to Off. FileMaker Pro automatically turns Allow User Abort on
after the script finishes running.
Examples
To set up a kiosk solution, use:
Allow User Abort[Off]
Then, create the rest of the script as a looping script that never ends. Use the Allow User Abort
script step as the first step to prevent people from closing the file or exiting the application.